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(No Model.)

H. W. WILSON.

GATE.

N0.'365,892. I Patented July 5, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrce.

HOUGHTON IVARDELLE IVILSON, OF KINGSTON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,892, dated July 5, 1887.

Application filed January 27, 1887. Serial No. 225,684. (No model.)

To aZZ 1071 0112 it may concern:

Be it known that I, HouGuroN WARDnLfin IVILSON, a citizen of Great Britain, residing at Kingston, in the county of Frontenac and Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sliding gates; and it consists in certain novel features of the construction of the gate, and also in the means employed to hold the gate to the posts and guide and support it in its movements, all of which will be hereinafter first fully described, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the annexed drawings, which fully illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gate constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section on the linear m of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the guide or clasp for the extended portion of the bottom rail of the gate. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view showing the manner of retaining the latch in engagement with the keeper.

My gate is composed of theend bars, A A, the top and bottom rails, BO, carried by the same, and suitable devices secured to said bars and rails for covering the space between the same, that shown in the drawings being bar-bed wire. The bottom rail, 0, of the gate is extended past the end bar A, and a brace, D, runs from the end of the extended portion to the upper rail, 13, of the gate, and is secured to the end bar A at a point intermediate of its ends. A brace, E, is connected to the end bar A at a point about midway its ends, and has its upper end connected to the top rail of the gate. The latch F is pivotally secured to this brace E, and passes through a bail, G, secured upon the end bar A of the gate.

H is a T-shaped lever, which is pivotally secured to the fencepost by a pivot-pin inserted through one arm of the T-head. The standard a of the leverrests upon the latclnand the T-head n serves as a weight to cause the said guide to exert a constant pressure on the latch and hold it in engagement with its keeper. The top rail, 13, of the gate has its ends I) turned up, as shown, to serve as stops to limit the movement of the gate. The top and bottom ready removal when so desired.

rails of the gate are arranged at right angles to each other and at an angle of about forty-five degrees in cross-section to the vertical end bars of the gate. If so desired, a vertical central bar may be provided, in order to reenforce and brace the gate; but this bar will be wholly unnecessary in small gates.

J K are the gate-posts. They are set in the ground at an angle of about forty-five degrees to the line of length of the gate in plan View, and are suitably braced and anchored. The post J is provided with a keeper, j, which is engaged by the latch of the gate when the same is closed. The post K is provided with two guides or hooks, L L, which are secured thereto at its top and bottom and engage the topand bottom rails ofthe gate, respectively. These guides or hooks LLareeach composed of a plate, Z, having the arm Z, extending from one edge at an angle to the general direction of the length of the hook. Thcplates Z are secured to the side of the post, and the gate is held by and between the arms Z. The upper guide or hook, it will be seen, extends over the top rail of the gate, and thelower guide or hook is under and supports the bot tom rail thereof. The construction of the hooks enables them to hold the gate securely in position, and at the same time'permits their The brace M of this post K is provided at its lower end with a guide, N, which is engaged by the extended portion'of the bottom rail of the gate, and holds the same to its position and guides and supports it during the movement of the gate. 7

it will be observed that the hooks L L are both so formed as to engage but not embrace the rails of the gate, while the guide N is similar to the hooks in construction, but engages the lower rail only.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided a gate which is simple in construction, and, consisting of few parts, is not liable to get out of order. By placing the top and bottom rails at an angle of forty-five degress, as described, they are enabled to withstand pressure exerted upon them either vertically or horizontally, and the gate is consequently prevented from sagging or being thrown out of plumb. By plac ing the posts at an angle to the line of the fence, they are better enabled to support the weight of the gate and withstand the lateral strain put upon them. The brace D gives rigidity to the extended portion of the bottom rail of the gate and prevents its being bent from a straight line. The gate will be held in a partly-opened position as securely as when wholly opened or closed, as the extended portion of the bottom rail never leaves the guide N, and is consequently always held in its place and the gate held between three bearingpoints.

In practice I prefer to construct the gate and posts of light bar metal;but light tough wood or other material may be used. The T-shaped lever H, also shown and described, for keeping the latch in engagement with its keeper, may be dispensed with by increasing the weight of the latch.

O is a central guide,which issetin the ground midway between the gate-posts, to receive and support the bottom rail of the gate when the same-is of great length- The gate being supported by three bearings, it will be held in alongitudinal position at all times, and may be easily opened and closed by exerting a slight pressure thereon without necessitating its being raised orlowered, as is the case with most of the gates in common use. When the gate is shut, the latch automatically looks it, and the gate cannot be opened accidentally.

Having thus described my invention, what I wish to claim is- I 1. Asliding gate working between hooks secured tothe side of the'post and having the ends of its top rail bent up, substantially as specified. V

2. In a gate, the combination of the posts, the guides rigidly aifixed to the upper and lower endsofone of the posts and inclined in reverse directions to each other, and a sliding gate having its upper and lower horizontal rails inclined in reverse directions, and fitted snugly in the corresponding fixed guides and adapted to slide freely therein, as and for the purpose described.

3.- In a gate, the combination of the posts, the oppositely-inclined guides affixed to one of the posts near its ends, a fixed inclined guide, N, arranged at one side of one of the posts, and in line with the guide on the lower end thereof, and a sliding gate having the lower and upper horizontal rails thereof inclined in reverse directions and fitting snugly in the guides, the lower rail of the gate being extended beyond the upper rail to rest in the guide N when the gate is closed, as and for the purpose described.

4. In a sliding gate, the combination of a gate having the oppositely-inclined lower and upper horizontal rails, the lower rail being extended at one end beyond the upper rail and braced by an inclined arm, D, the post K, having at its upper and lower ends the oppo sitely-inclined fixed guides, in which the rails of the gate are fitted, and adiagonal brace, M, secured to one of the posts, and having an inclined guide, N, at its lower end, arranged in line with the lower guides on theposis, asand for the purpose'described.

5. The posts having the fixed guides and the supplemental guide N on a line with one of the guides of the posts, in combination with the gate running in the fixed guides of the posts and having its bottom rail extended beyond the posts, which bottom rail runs in the supplemental guide N, and the brace D, connectingthe outer end of the extended bottom rail to the gate, as set forth.

6. In a gate, the posts having the fixed guides, and an inclined brace secured to one of the posts and having a supplemental guide, in combination with'the gate running in the fixed guides of the posts and having one end extended, said extended end running in the supplemental guide of the brace, as set forth.

In testimony'that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IIOUG-IITON WARDELLE WILSON.

Witnesses:

" M. H. TWITOIIELL,

B. '1. HOLLAND. 

